Scalable synthesis of silicon-nanolayer-embedded graphite for high-energy lithium-ion batteries

Nature Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Ko, Minseong ^a   Chae, Sujong ^a   Ma, Jiyoung ^a   Kim, Namhyung ^a   Lee, Hyun Wook ^a,b   Cui, Yi ^b,c   Cho, Jaephil ^a  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; COBALT COMPOUNDS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MECHANICAL ALLOYING; MILLING (MACHINING); SILICON; SILICON BATTERIES;

CAPACITY RETENTION; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; HIGH SPECIFIC CAPACITY; HIGHER ENERGY DENSITY; MECHANICAL MILLING; SCALABLE SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURAL FAILURE;

LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES;

EID: 85015306657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.113     Document Type: Article

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